Mexico Fossil-Fuel CO2 Emissions

Trends

Fossil-fuel carbon dioxide emissions from Mexico grew exponentially at a rate of 6.5% per
year from 1891 to 1982. Since 1982, total fossil-fuel CO2emissions have
slowly grown and now stand at 130 million metric tons of carbon. Emissions
growth over time has been due to increasing oil production and in 2008, 59.8% of emissions
were from petroleum products, the highest fraction of crude oil dependence of the major CO2-emitting
countries. Per capita emissions (1.20 metric tons of carbon in 2008) are slightly below the
global average. Consumption of natural gas has become increasingly important in Mexico and
now accounts for 23.6% of fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.